My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
"A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture."
ThumbScore
👍 75%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 86%
(RT: 98%, MC: 75) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Gordon Warnecke as Omar Ali
Saeed Jaffrey as Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche as Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf as Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress as Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field as Rachel
Is My Beautiful Laundrette good?
Most people think so. 75% audience score, estimated from 324 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 86%.
Overview
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads. Wikipedia ↗
